Mandy Patinkin Joins Zachary Quinto’s ‘Brilliant Minds’ at NBC in Recurring Role
variety.comEmily Longeretta NBC’s “Brilliant Minds” is continuing to grow its cast. The medical drama has added Mandy Patinkin in a recurring role, and Steve Howey and André De Shields as guest stars, showrunner Michael Grassi announced on Sunday at the Television Critics Assn.
press tour in Pasadena. Both Howey and Patinkin will star in two episodes. Patinkin will play an esteemed family doctor who joins the staff of Bronx General Hospital and brings his own “unconventional methods to the workplace.” According to the press release, “his affinity for house calls and long-standing patient relationships wins the respect of our lead, Dr.
Wolf, and fosters a mentor-like relationship between the two men.” According to Grassi, he “really shakes up our world.” Howey portrays a “rugged motorcycle mechanic” who comes to Dr.
Wolf looking for help with a gunshot wound and is “forced to make a heartbreaking decision.” De Shields plays “an Alzheimer’s patient in an end-of-life care facility,” who Dr.
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